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SURVEY OF CATALYST AND REDUCTANT EFFECTS ON OXORHENIUM CATALYZED DEOXYDEHYDRATION OF GLYCOLS
(2015-02-06)
Sustainable and renewable carbon sources are of great interest for long term succession of humankind. The sugars and polyols derived from cellulosic biomass offer such a sustainable feedstock considering cellulosic biomass ...
VARIABLE TEMPERATURE DIFFUSE REFLECTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND THERMOGRAVIMETRY- MASS SPECTROMETRY INVESTIGATIONS OF BENZOIC ACID INTERACTIONS WITH SODIUM AND CALCIUM MONTMORILLONITE CLAYS
(2015-05-08)
Molecular interactions between benzoic acid and cations and water contained within montmorillonite clay interlayer spaces and processes involved in thermal desorption of benzoic acid from sodium and calcium montmorillonite ...
STRUCTURAL AND MUTAGENESIS STUDIES OF THE YEAST PHOSPHORELAY SIGNALING PROTEINS YPD1 AND SSK1
(2015-12)
His-Asp signaling systems are ubiquitous in bacteria, archaea, and certain plants and fungi. Little structural information is known about the protein-protein interactions within these signaling pathways, leaving an ...
SELECTION OF METAL COMPLEX CATALYSTS BY TEMPLATING WITH TRANSITION STATE ANALOGS
(2015)
Abstract
Catalysts speed up reactions by providing an alternative, lower energy pathway for the reaction. However, the traditional method of catalyst discovery is time consuming and wastes chemicals. It is important to ...
Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Gold Nanoparticle and Quantum Dot Incorporated Silica Nanoparticle Aggregates
(2015)
The enhancement of fluorescence intensity due to the proximity of metal nanoparticles is of great interest in enabling the detection of low concentration biomarkers. Although the recent developments in the optical sensor ...
BACTERIOPHAGE NANOFIBERS ENABLED NANOSTRUCTURES AND TARGET-RECOGNITION FOR BIO-APPLICATIONS
(2015)
Nanostructure is an object system that has dimensions on the nanoscale, i.e. between 0.1 and 100 nanometers. It includes nanotextured surface, nanotube, nanorod, nanofilament, nanoparticle, etc. The field of nanostructure ...
REACTIONS OF NITRIC OXIDE, NITROSOALKANES WITH GROUP 8 & 9 METALLOPORPHYRINS AND HEME PROTEINS
(2015-08)
This dissertation describes the interactions of nitric oxide (NO) and C-nitrosoalkanes (RNO) with group 8 and 9 metalloporphyrins and heme proteins. The goal of this research is to provide new information on the coordination ...
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND APPLICATION OF DUAL FUNCTIONING BODIPY PHOTOSENSITIZERS: A THERANOSTIC PHOTODYNAMIC APPROACH FOR CANCER THERAPY
(2015-05)
Development of concomitant photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photosensitizer fluorescence detection (PFD), termed theranostics, is of primary interest as combining the two modalities stands to offer a more personalized cost ...
Thermogravimetry-Mass Spectrometry and Variable Temperature Infrared Spectroscopy Investigations of Aromatic Acid Interactions with Montmorillonite Clays and Acid/Base Properties of Diiron Coordination Complexes
(2015-12)
Thermogravimetry-Mass Spectrometry (TG-MS) and Variable-Temperature Diffuse Reflection Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (VT-DRIFTS) were used to investigate interactions of benzoic acid, salicylic acid, and ...
Electrochemical Characterization of Photocurable and Layer-By-Layer Assembled Ferrocene-Modified Linear Poly(ethylenimine) Bioelectrodes
(2015)
New methods of constructing enzymatic bioelectrodes based on ferrocene-modified linear poly(ethylenimine) (LPEI) were explored with the intent of lowering device fabrication times. Redox polymers were synthesized and ...